- Which school superintendent banks more than Obama? The Hechinger Report covers the rock-star salaries of elected school officials.
- Speaking of ridiculous, an "A" student at a Virginia middle school was recently suspended for opening the door for a visitor who had her hands full. (H/T Boing Boing) Apparently, his actions undermined a district policy that prohibits students from committing random acts of chivalry in entryways, The Tidewater News reports.
- Meanwhile, education historian and author Diane Ravitch hit Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" to talk about education reform, the nation's preoccupation with standardized testing, and her new book The Death and Life of the Great American School System.
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